The Future of Indian Solar Market: TOPCon Technology Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ankit Singhania, Director & Co-Founder, Navitas Solar The Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) structure got more consideration for development of high-performance solar cells by the introduction of a tunnel oxide layer between the substrate and poly-Si, which is best for attaining interface passivation. When the Si solar cell’s efficiency approaches 23%, most of the recombination […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
Senior Expert Battery Cell Technology Engineer Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy Manage internal and external product development and research projects on battery cell development including negotiations with cell manufacturers Initiate ideas for IP and prepare Invention reports and patents, Drive key engineering decisions developing ideas and project plans for future projects (internally or externally funded), Support commercial teams with technical expertise, participate in supplier meetings as […] Read more
IEA World Energy Outlook 2023-Focus on Affordability, Developing Nations To Achieve Targets Updated On Wed, Oct 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Annual World Energy Outlook Report is out, and it does its best to paint an optimistic picture of the possibilities from energy demand and supply. Even as meeting the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C from human activity looks increasingly difficult, which the report admits, it continues to provide […] Read more
We are looking at an expansion plan of 1 GW of TOPCon cell line: Surender Pal Singh, Premier Energies Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Premier Energies has witnessed a remarkable journey of introducing the first solar panel assembly line with a 3 MW/year capacity, to setting up a fully-integrated 3.4 GW solar cell and module line. The firm is also capable of handling upcoming technologies of cells with larger sizes such as M10, M12 and Multi-Busbar cells. Surender Pal […] Read more
US Invested $3.46 billion In Electric Grid Resilience Projects: US Department of Energy Updated On Fri, Oct 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy US President Joe Biden recently released the America Agenda Funds for investment in 58 projects across 44 states in the US, for grid resilience, a report from the Department of Energy said. In the agenda, it has announced $3.46 billion grant for these projects to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across America. This would […] Read more
TNERC Clarifies Deviation Charges for RE Generators in Draft Regulations Updated On Fri, Oct 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has released the draft Forecasting, Scheduling and Deviation Settlement and related matters for wind and solar generation) Regulations, 2023. The draft Regulations will be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date of publication of the notification on the TNERC website. The Regulations have […] Read more
India and US Are Major Drivers Of Utility-Scale Solar Power: ISA Updated On Fri, Oct 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy The International Solar Alliance (ISA) recently released a report titled ‘World Solar Market Report’. It talks about the overall global scenario in the solar energy sector. The report placed India as one of the new undisputed leaders in global solar energy deployment. The report mentions that the global solar PV deployment had been primarily driven […] Read more
Cosmos Innovation Bags $19.7mn For Perovskite Silicon Tandem Fab Platform Updated On Fri, Oct 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy Singapore based Cosmos Innovation, an AI-first company building next-generation perovskite silicon tandem (PST) solar cell technology, today announced raising $19.7 million in total funding. Founded by Vijay Chandrasekhar and Joel Li, the firm raised its Series A round with participation from Xora Innovation, an early-stage, deep-tech investment platform of Temasek, headquartered in Singapore. Other investors joining […] Read more